Tag: abortion

"This is a religious war,” says Baird of the intense push to make abortion illegal.“

Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.

The essential story journalists need to be telling now is the story of the further concrete consequences the decision would have on millions of people’s lives throughout the country.

Justice Alito’s leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist whose writings and reasonings have caused enduring damage to women for hundreds of years.

Only 18 of 47 Muslim-majority countries have abortion laws today as restrictive as that in Texas...which is the model for a raft of laws to be enacted as soon as Roe is struck down.

Joshua Prager, author of “The Family Roe,” discusses the 50-year battle over abortion rights and the strategic decisions that led us here.

The U.S. is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color.

"These extremist politicians are willing to turn their own constituents into medical refugees."

Republican lawmakers in at least four states this week advanced bills banning or limiting abortion access.

“To be clear, an abortion ban is dangerous. It’s the first abortion ban in modern New Hampshire history.”